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Micron Technology

Makes memory and storage chips for AI and PCs

Principal Engineer / MTS - PDE Package Design

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Expert
Master's, PhD
Singapore
In Person
Hardware EngineeringBoard & Electronics Design

About the job

Requirements
  • A Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related discipline; PhD candidates are welcome to apply.
  • A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with deep expertise in package architecture and silicon–package co-design, including feasibility, stack-up, I/O and interconnect planning, substrate layout, routing, power delivery, signal return paths, and design verification.
  • Hands-on experience with multiple relevant package technologies and strong knowledge of manufacturability, assembly processes, substrates, materials, reliability, and failure mechanisms.
  • Proven ownership of complex package designs from feasibility and trade-off studies through NPI tape-out, qualification, and manufacturing handoff.
  • Advanced proficiency with Cadence Allegro Package Designer / SiP Layout or equivalent package-design tools, including design-rule and review workflows.
  • Strong technical leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder communication skills, with influence without direct authority; MTS candidates must demonstrate organization-wide impact on roadmaps, standards, or investment decisions.
  • Integrates AI-assisted tools and insights into daily work to improve efficiency, quality, or effectiveness, exercising sound judgment and complying with organizational standards and legal requirements.
  • Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, testing, and sharing AI-enabled enhancements within one’s scope of work.
Responsibilities
  • Own package architecture and execution from feasibility through tape-out, qualification, and production readiness, ensuring design intent is translated into manufacturable, reliable, and scalable solutions.
  • Serve as the technical authority for complex package issues, leading cross-functional reviews, trade-off decisions, and risk closure across product, silicon, technology, assembly, quality, supplier, and OSAT teams. Balance performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost, quality, and schedule to deliver production-ready solutions while mentoring engineers through difficult technical decisions.
  • Advance design rules, methodologies, automation workflows, and technology roadmaps for future products.
  • Represent the packaging team in silicon–package–board co-design by integrating floorplan, interface, interconnect, power, signal, thermal, and mechanical requirements, and resolve cost and manufacturing trade-offs to achieve a balanced package solution.
  • Apply baseline digital fluency and role-appropriate AI literacy to use AI-enabled tools responsibly and effectively for research, analysis, content creation, problem-solving, operational tasks, and achieving business outcomes.

About the company

Micron Technology designs and manufactures memory and storage chips, mainly DRAM and NAND flash, used in data centers, PCs, phones, cars and industrial equipment. It is one of only three companies that make HBM, the stacked high-bandwidth memory placed beside processors in AI servers, and it is the largest memory chipmaker based in the United States. Unlike chip designers that outsource production, Micron runs its own fabs and assembly sites in the United States and across Asia. It earns money by selling chips, memory modules and solid-state drives to cloud providers, device makers and distributors. Micron was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Boise, Idaho

Founded

1978

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What believers are saying

  • Demand is surging: in September 2026, Micron reported fiscal 2026 revenue of $133.19 billion, up from $37.38 billion.
  • Boise is hiring: in August 2026, Micron planned about 3,500 direct jobs at two Idaho fabs opening from 2027.
  • Sales are locked in early: by October 2026, most of Micron's 2027 HBM supply was contracted at higher prices.

What critics are saying

  • Revenue is concentrated: about half of Micron's sales came from its top ten customers in each of three years.
  • Departing engineers face scrutiny: in September 2026, Micron sued rival YMTC for hiring away at least 20 engineers.
  • Boise is feeling the strain: an August 2026 report found the $50 billion Idaho buildout straining local infrastructure.

What makes Micron Technology unique

  • AI memory is a three-player club: only Micron, SK hynix and Samsung make HBM, the stacked memory inside AI servers.
  • It owns its factories: Micron makes chips in Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, the U.S., Malaysia, China and India.
  • Data centers drive the business: its two data center units made $34.28 billion of quarterly revenue reported September 2026.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Parental Leave
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Flexible Work Hours

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Headcount

6 month growth

7%

1 year growth

7%

2 year growth

7%
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